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Our vision is at
the heart of everything we do. It is an integral part of our
lives which drives our students and teachers to be the best
that they can be. At Springlands, we believe in Ma Te Mahi
Ka Ora... from hard work, comes success. Below, we have
proudly outlined the key aspects of our vision, our culture
and beliefs.
OUR PLACE:
Tō tātou tūrangawaewae
We promote a partnership with parents, nurturing
a safe and caring place where
children are engaged learners immersed in motivating and
challenging programs that are fun and enjoyable.
We want the ‘mauri‘ of Springlands School to reflect the
unique qualities of the school; as an Enviro School. We have
high expectations and a connected team focus on growing
learners and leaders.
OUR FUTURE:
Tō tātou wā mua
We want our people to have the competencies and intelligent
behaviours that will help them become thoughtful,
productive, positive citizens in an ever changing world
utilizing latest technologies to deliver future focused
learning.
OUR PEOPLE:
Ō tātou tāngata
We want our people to be honest and resilient, operating in
partnership with the community. We want a culture where
positive relationships are valued and acknowledged, a team
approach to education.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE:
Tō tātou painga
We want our children to challenge themselves as learners to
reach their full potential and ‘make a difference’ to their
own lives, the lives of others; both locally and globally.
A1 QUALITY FOUNDATION LEARNING
We want all students to build strong foundations for a
lifetime of learning in Literacy, Mathematics and
Statistics, and Key Competencies. In literacy we aim to
ensure our students are able to read, write, speak, listen,
spell, view and present for success. In mathematics we teach
children to use strategies to problem solve using acquired
mathematical knowledge and understandings. From Year 2 we
aim for 80% of students to be working at or above National
standards in foundation learning.
Key Competencies are ‘attitudes and behaviours’ we all need
to become participating, motivated life long
learners.
We call our competencies: Coming up TRUMPS
Thinking
Relating to others
Using signs, symbols
and texts
Managing Self
Participating and
Contributing
at
Springlands
A1
QUALITY POWERFUL LEARNING
Springlands School aims to provide a wide
variety of
powerful experiences to help children develop these
competencies. The experiences provide
rich contexts for
learning across the seven areas of the NZ Curriculum -
Literacy, Mathematics and Statistics, Inquiry (Social
Sciences, Science and Technology), the Arts, Health and
Physical Education.
We all use the competencies simultaneously at any one time,
however, different experiences sometimes require a specific
focus. It is important for children to have opportunities
to apply the competencies in new and different situations or
context. These should be evidenced in practice.
The Springlands School Inquiry model – “High –Five It to
success” develops school-wide consistency in our inquiry
practice. This model promotes our philosophy of “Learning to
Make a Difference” – and exploring the “So What” aspect of
making connections and transferring knowledge and skills to
next step learning.
We have a specialist PERFORMING ARTs teacher who provides
all students with quality dance, drama and music tuition.
Health and Physical Education are also proactively taught to
ensure fitness and physical activity is valued. Both
Education outside the classroom and community involvement is
a high priority when designing powerful learning
experiences. Twice a year we celebrate and reflect on our
learning with the community.
A1
REFLECTION AND TRANSFER
At Springlands School we want our children to develop the
skills of higher order thinking, creative, critical and
caring thinking.
Goal setting and reflection are important aspects to
learning. We encourage self and peer assessment
and student ownership of learning.
Students share their learning with parents twice a year in
our three way conferences.
We encourage our students to think, making connections and
transfer learning what they know to new situations.
“Learning to make a difference” So what, what next?
A1
QUALITY HAOURA
Our School Values focus on ‘intelligent’ behaviours and
quality relationships – students who think carefully about
rights and responsibilities, choices and consequences –
students who have high expectations of themselves as
learners (A1 Quailty). Each week we reinforce the values
and social skills that are the cornerstones of our TEAM
ethos through our school wide Ka Hikitia programme. All
children and cultures are valued for the contributions they
bring. Student voice is acknowledged in the class inquiry
processes and in student leadership – School Council, Eco
Warriors, Peer Mediation and Physical Activity Leaders. We
work to raise the standard of student achievement and effort
by acknowledging students who give their “personal best” as
A1 Quality. A1 achievements are acknowledged in attitudes,
behaviour, presentation of bookwork, effort in learning,
improvement motivation and environment. We acknowledge the
student’s background, culture and family influence their
learning and work coherently towards realising the potential
of this partnership with parents. We have a zero tolerance
to bullying.
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